Understanding The Tarot

The traditional tarot deck comprises of 78 picture cards, of which 22 are major arcana that have no suit designation and 56 are minor arcana with 4 dominant energy designation suits, namely Wands, Cups, Swords, and Coins respectively, of 14 cards each. Four ranks of achievement or maturity along each path are represented by Page, Knight, Queen, and King, commonly known as the court cards. Tarot cards were basically used for gaming and gambling but sometimes used for fortune telling.

The pictures on the cards are a symbol of people’s problems and woes, happiness and triumphs. Coins clearly indicate money, wealth and prosperity and also signify the human body, the home and all things physical. During a time in history, people actually came across pages, knights on horseback and were ruled by kings and queens. Today, these same cards are viewed as parables denoting the stage, ranks, and levels of maturity in our lives. Thus the tarot’s symbol is a living thing that continually evolves.

What Is The Tarot?
Traditionally, the tarot was used for divination, but presently, it is known as a powerful tool for personal development and healing. One of the first decks to show a fully illustrated minor arcana is the most popular deck of modern times which is probably the Rider-Waite deck, illuminated by the artwork of Pamela Coleman Smith and originally published by Rider in 1910. The repeated pictures of the suit symbol such as one coin, two coins, three coins, and so on simply showed Card numbers 1 to 10.

Finding Solutions
The tarot is absolutely useful in a state of anxiety or in working out problems with no clear or easy solution. Beginners usually turn to tarot during this situation, but an advanced tarot reader will plan ahead by using the deck more proactively.

Positive Energy
It's sensible to tune into the surrounding before you begin a reading due to the perpetual influence of energy on us. I’ve been asked repeatedly why the same cards appear over and over. It’s SYNCHRONICITY; a meaningful coincidence that occurs by different causes. Everything is brought together through the process of forming a question and perceiving an answer. The universe is alive and listening. Expressing your desire as a wish or thought release energy outward. Some form of energy return to you as a result of that wish or thought. Will you send out thoughts of how you will never find the right partner (a nice job, enough money)? Guess what? You won’t! Send out thoughts that you WILL find the perfect life mate (a fulfilling occupation, money in abundance), ask the tarot how, and you surely will.

Major And Minor Arcana
Life is a progression marked by accomplishments, from a baby's first step through to graduation day and beyond. Internal growth and progress can also be marked in stages. These paths correspond to the dominant energy in the four suits, respectively Wands, Cups, Swords and Coins. The court cards, most commonly named Page, Knight, Queen and King, represent four ranks of achievement or maturity along each path.

Reversals
A reversal is the name given to an upside-down card. Some tarot readers prefer not to use or interpret reversed cards, on the basis that there is already enough negativity in the world. Personally, I find that the use of reversals increases the communicative power of the tarot, making it that much more useful as a tool for life planning.

A reversed card indicates something other than the same card seen upright, but not necessarily simply the opposite.

Possible Reversed Meanings:
Problem: Many people become interested in the tarot because they have problems. If the Ace of Pentacles appears in a reading, it may be that the questioner is approaching a new avenue of prosperity.
Reversed, the Ace of Pentacles could mean there is a problem with this new prosperity.

Opposite: If the Ace of Pentacles means a new avenue of prosperity, then the reversed Ace of Pentacles can mean the opposite: no new avenue of prosperity.

Blocked: Indicates that the energy or meaning of the card is present but is blocked, not fully present. Some effort is needed to bring it fully into play.

Weaker: A reversed card may have the same meaning as the upright, only in a softer form.

Decay: The upright meaning is dwindling away. It cannot be counted on to remain.

Part 1 - Tarot

The tarot has a remarkable ability to focus on a particular problem and provide great insight into its possible cause and solution. It can also pinpoint future events with tremendous accuracy, describing them in a remarkable detail. It is a marvellous tool that enables us to understand ourselves better, describing them in remarkable detail.

Choosing A Set Of Cards

There is such a wealth of tarot cards available that you can buy them in virtually every shape, size and style you wish. The choice is yours. What counts is finding a deck with which you feel completely comfortable. If you struggle to read the titles of the cards or can never remember their meanings because their images are so confusing, you will soon stop using them.

Once you have found a set of cards that you like, it is important to familiarise yourself with them. Spend plenty of time looking at each card, listening carefully to what your intuition tells you about it.

Jot down these ideas, preferably in a special notebook, because they will help you to elaborate on the meanings of the cards.

Giving A Tarot Reading

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If you are a tarot novice, you are probably counting the minutes until you can give your first reading.

You will feel more relaxed and the reading will be more powerful if you have learned the basic meaning of each card and do not have to keep referring to this or any other source. Readings that are regularly punctuated by frantic searches through a book are rarely a comfortable or satisfying experience. Once you have mastered the essential meaning of each card, you can use your intuition to flesh out your interpretation.

Before you launch into your reading, study the cards to gain an initial impression of the spread.

Sometimes the tarot does not answer the question it has been asked. Instead, it concentrates on something completely different. For instance, your question about a relationship may remain unanswered because the cards are describing your health or your job prospects. It means that specific areas of your life need to be examined and the tarot is drawing your attention to them. As you become an accomplished tarot reader you will also recognise that on rare occasions the cards refuse to make any sense, and you cannot give a coherent reading. This may be because the time is not right for a reading. This can be frustrating but you must learn to respect the tarot, even when it is being uncooperative.

Major or Minor?

Major card

Minor card

Some people prefer to work with only the Major Arcana and to ignore the Minor Arcana. The combination of the two gives a much richer and more detailed reading, with more light and shade.

Reversed Cards

During the course of shuffling and laying out the cards, it is almost inevitable that some of them will be reversed. It is up to you whether you give these reversed cards a separate interpretation from their upright position, or simply turn them around and read them as normal. You may prefer to use only the upright meanings when you are learning to read the tarot, because that is quite enough information to remember at first, and then give reversed meanings when you are more proficient. Many professional tarot readers dispense with reversed meanings altogether. This has no bearing on their level of expertise - it is purely a matter of personal preference. The interpretation of each card includes its possible reversed meaning. Let your intuition dictate which parts of each interpretation you focus on.

Introduction - Read Your Future

For centuries, people have attempted to see into the future. Turning to divination around the world developed techniques that tap into the insightful powers of the universe to get a glimpse of what is ahead - and to better understand what lies deep within ourselves.
數百年來, 人已經轉向世界各地的占卜技術預測未來... 由進入宇宙力量看有什麼在未來 - 並更好地了解自己.
Berabad-abad lamanya, orang telah cuba melihat masa depan. Berpaling kepada teknik tilikan di seluruh dunia, mendalami kuasa alam semesta untuk melihat apa yang ada di hadapan - dan untuk lebih memahami diri kita.

What exactly are they telling you? When you receive a message from the tarot, is it cast in stone and irrevocable? Has it made you a play thing of the gods or fate? Will the event that has been foretold automatically take place? And if it does not happen, does that mean the technique, or the person using it, is at fault?
到底告訴你什麼? 當您從塔羅牌收到消息, 難道寫在石頭上不能改變? 你覺得神向你開玩笑或是命運? 哪些預言事件會自動發生? 如果它不發生, 是否技術或使用的人錯了呢?
Apa sebenarnya yang mereka beritahu anda? Apabila anda menerima mesej daripada tarot itu, adakah ia tertulis dalam batu dan tidak boleh ditarik balik? Adakah ia menjadikan kamu seperti satu mainan dewa atau nasib? Apakah peristiwa yang diramalkan secara automatik akan berlaku? Dan jika ia tidak berlaku, adakah ia bermakna teknik atau orang yang menggunakannya adalah salah?

It acts like a mirror, reflecting the circumstances at the time of the question. If those circumstances do not change, the predictions may come true. If the predicted events do not happen, it may be because some of the circumstances altered. Perhaps the person having the reading realised that the prediction contained a warning and acted upon it. They altered one of the elements and in doing so, changed the result. At other times, the prediction may not come true because someone else involved in the situation altered the circumstances.
在問問題的時候, 它就像鏡子反映情況. 如果這種情況不改變, 預言可能成真. 如果預測的事件沒有發生, 則可能是因為一些東西改變了. 它們改變了元素之一, 並且在這樣做時候, 改變結果... 或其他有關的人改變了那個元素.
Ia bertindak seperti cermin, mencerminkan keadaan pada soalan ketika ditanya. Jika keadaan tidak berubah, ramalan mungkin menjadi kenyataan. Jika peristiwa yang diramalkan tidak berlaku, ia mungkin kerana beberapa keadaan telah diubah. Mungkin orang yang mempunyai bacaan menyedari bahawa di dalam ramalan mengandungi amaran dan bertindak ke atasnya. Mereka telah mengubah salah satu daripada unsur-unsur tersebut dan dengan berbuat demikian, hasilnya bertukar. Pada masa yang lain, ramalan itu mungkin tidak menjadi kenyataan kerana orang lain yang terlibat dalam keadaan tersebut telah mengubah keadaannya.

It will sharpen your awareness of what is happening to you at a particular time by reflecting it back to you. Carl Jung called them synchronicity or meaningful coincidences.
Once you tune into it you will realise the universe (or you may prefer to use a term like God, angels, spirits, or other entities) is full of messages and guidance.
在特定的時間, 它會提高你的正在發生的事情給你, 通過反射回你的意識. Carl Jung 稱這種為同步性或有意思的巧合. 一旦你調成, 你會發現宇宙 (或者你可能喜歡使用上帝, 天使, 或其他術語) 充滿信息和指導.
Pada suatu masa tertentu, ia akan mempertingkatkan kesedaran anda daripada apa yang berlaku kepada anda, dengan memantulkan kembali kepada anda. Carl Jung memanggilnya kebetulan yang mempunyai makna.
Sebaik sahaja anda faham, anda akan menyedari alam semesta (atau anda boleh memilih untuk menggunakan istilah seperti Tuhan, malaikat, roh, atau entiti lain) penuh dengan mesej dan panduan.